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MMA Rankings - Top 25 by Weight Class (March 2021)

MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of February 28, 2021

Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Stipe Miocic HW 97.59  15-3-0 UFC
•3/27 vs. #2 Francis Ngannou
[To retain HW title]
2 2  Francis Ngannou HW 50.86  9-2-0 UFC •3/27 vs. #1 Stipe Miocic
[For HW title]
3 3  Daniel Cormier HW 39.48  18-3-0 UFC  --last rated win -27 months.
5 4  Derrick Lewis HW 38.93  14-5-0 UFC  Beat #4 Curtis Blaydes
4 5  Curtis Blaydes HW 27.18  10-3-0 UFC  Lost to #5 Derrick Lewis
6 6  Philip De Fries HW 26.68  12-6-0 KSW  
14 7  Alexander Volkov HW 26.64  21-7-0 UFC  Beat #7 Alistair Overeem
8 8  Timothy Johnson HW 24.73  11-5-0 Bell  
9 9  Mukhomad Vakhaev HW 23.11  5-1-1 ACA  --last rated win -12 months.
18 10  Ciryl Gane HW 22.79  6-0-0 UFC  Beat #10 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
11 11  Mirko Filipovic HW 20.74  34-11-2 Bell  --last rated win -24 months.
12 12  Ali Isaev HW 20.62  6-0-0 Prof  --last rated win -14 months.
13 13  Cheick Kongo HW 19.63  28-11-2 Bell  --last rated win -24 months.
15 14  Marcin Tybura HW 18.41  14-6-0 UFC •3/27 vs. tba
16 15  Vitaly Minakov HW 18.19  14-1-0 Bell  --last rated win -18 months.
7 16  Alistair Overeem HW 18.07  41-19-0 UFC  Lost to #14 Alexander Volkov
17 17  Fabricio Werdum HW 17.52  24-9-1 UFC  
31 18  Chris Daukaus HW 16.25  3-0-0 UFC  Beat #21 Alexey Oleynik
10 19  Jairzinho Rozenstruik HW 15.85  6-2-0 UFC  Lost to #18 Ciryl Gane
19 20  Sergei Pavlovich HW 15.11  8-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
25 21  Alikhan Vakhaev HW 14.88  5-0-0 ACA  Beat #38 Roggers Souza
20 22  Amir Aliakbari HW 14.87  8-1-0 One •3/05 vs Ji Won Kang
37 23  Tom Aspinall HW 14.59  3-0-0 UFC  Beat #24 Andrei Arlovski
22 24  Linton Vassell HW 14.08  11-6-0 Bell  
23 25  Rizvan Kuniev HW 13.55  3-0-0 EFC  

 

Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Jon Jones LH 81.59  20-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months;
[relinquishes LH title] 
2 2  Vadim Nemkov LH 46.36  7-2-0 Bell  [new interim LH title holder]
3 3  Jan Blachowicz LH 38.05  21-6-0 UFC •3/06 vs. #1 MW Israel Adesanya
[For interim LH title]
4 4  Ryan Bader LH 32.33  21-6-0 Bell  --last rated win -25 months.
5 5  Phil Davis LH 29.27  17-5-0 Bell  
6 6  Glover Teixeira LH 26.44  25-6-0 UFC  
7 7  Magomed Ankalaev LH 26.17  8-1-0 UFC  Beat #33 Nikita Krylov
8 8  Tomasz Narkun LH 21.66  12-3-0 KSW  --last rated win -17 months.
10 9  Jiri Prochazka LH 19.94  14-1-1 UFC  
9 10  Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov LH 19.86  6-0-0 ACA  --last rated win -14 months.
11 11  Magomed Ismailov LH 18.63  7-1-1 ACA  
13 12  Jamahal Hill LH 17.81  5-0-0 UFC •3/20 vs. #22 Paul Craig
14 13  Julius Anglickas LH 17.74  3-0-0 Bell  
12 14  Luke Rockhold LH 17.60  14-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -41 months.
15 15  Emiliano Sordi LH 17.46  10-6-0 Prof  --last rated win -14 months.
16 16  Corey Anderson LH 17.45  9-4-0 Bell  
17 17  Nasrudin Nasrudinov LH 17.42  4-0-0 ACA  
18 18  Muslim Magomedov LH 17.01  5-0-0 ACA  
19 19  Shamil Gamzatov LH 16.38  7-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -15 months.
20 20  Aleksandar Rakic LH 16.04  7-1-0 UFC •3/06 vs. #38 Thiago 'Marreta' Santos
21 21  Jimmy Crute LH 15.89  5-1-0 UFC  
22 22  Paul Craig LH 15.76  6-4-1 UFC •3/20 vs. #12 Jamahal Hill
23 23  William Knight LH 15.74  5-1-0 UFC •3/27 vs. #54 Alonzo Menifield
24 24  Johnny Walker LH 14.56  8-2-0 UFC  
27 25  Da Un Jung LH 13.56  2-0-1 UFC  

 

Middleweight - 185 lb. limit

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Israel Adesanya MW 70.74  8-0-0 UFC
•3/06 vs. #3 LH Jan Blachowicz
[For interim LH title]
2 2  Robert Whittaker MW 53.77  14-5-0 UFC  
3 3  Gegard Mousasi MW 49.81  38-7-2 Bell  
4 4  Georges St. Pierre MW 47.28  24-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -39 months.
5 5  Rafael Lovato Jr. MW 39.19  7-0-0 Bell  --last rated win -20 months.
6 6  Douglas Lima MW 26.97  17-4-0 Bell  --last rated win -16 months.
7 7  Derek Brunson MW 26.67  16-7-0 UFC •3/20 vs. #17 Kevin Holland
8 8  Marvin Vettori MW 25.50  7-2-1 UFC  
9 9  Paulo Costa MW 21.52  7-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -18 months.
10 10  Jared Cannonier MW 21.38  6-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -17 months.
11 11  John Salter MW 21.21  12-4-0 Bell  
12 12  Roberto Soldic MW 20.24  8-1-0 KSW  
14 13  Magomedrasul Gasanov MW 19.52  3-0-0 ACA  
13 14  Salamu Abdurahmanov MW 19.35  5-0-0 ACA  --last rated win -15 months.
15 15  Reinier de Ridder MW 19.10  4-0-0 One  
16 16  Sean Strickland MW 18.38  16-3-0 UFC  
17 17  Kevin Holland MW 18.29  15-3-0 UFC •3/20 vs. #7 Derek Brunson
18 18  Chris Weidman MW 18.02  12-5-0 UFC  
19 19  Jack Hermansson MW 17.94  16-6-0 UFC  
20 20  Mamed Khalidov MW 17.73  24-4-2 KSW  
21 21  Bruno 'Blindado' Silva MW 17.31  5-1-0 M-1  --last rated win -27 months.
22 22  Darren Till MW 17.05  6-3-1 UFC  --last rated win -15 months.
23 23  Andre Muniz MW 16.19  4-1-0 UFC  
24 24  Dricus Du Plessis MW 15.98  6-1-0 UFC •3/20 vs. #31 Trevin Giles
25 25  Uriah Hall MW 15.84  8-9-0 UFC  

 

Welterweight - 170 lb. limit

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Kamaru Usman WW 88.94  13-0-0 UFC
Beat #2 Gilbert Burns
[retains WW title]
3 2  Colby Covington WW 42.10  10-2-0 UFC  
4 3  Leon Edwards WW 35.20  12-2-0 UFC •3/13 vs. #9 Belal Muhammad
2 4  Gilbert Burns WW 31.98  12-4-0 UFC  Lost to #1 Kamaru Usman
5 5  Jorge Masvidal WW 29.68  33-14-0 UFC  --last rated win -15 months.
6 6  Stephen Thompson WW 27.94  12-4-1 UFC  
7 7  Michael Chiesa WW 27.52  12-4-0 UFC  
8 8  Jingliang Li WW 25.02  11-4-0 UFC  
12 9  Belal Muhammad WW 23.60  13-3-0 UFC  Beat #77 Dhiego Lima;
•3/13 vs. #3 Leon Edwards
9 10  Lorenz Larkin WW 23.00  13-7-0 Bell  --last rated win -14 months.
39 11  Abubakar Vagaev WW 22.93  14-3-0 ACA  Beat #10 Murad Abdulaev
11 12  Yaroslav Amosov WW 22.79  7-0-0 Bell  
21 13  Ali Bagov WW 22.25  14-8-0 ACA  Beat #58 Elias Silverio
13 14  Vicente Luque WW 21.81  11-2-0 UFC •3/27 vs. #25 Tyron Woodley
14 15  Kiamrian Abbasov WW 21.79  4-1-0 One  
15 16  Demian Maia WW 21.48  26-10-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
16 17  Albert Tumenov WW 21.44  12-4-0 ACA  --last rated win -15 months.
17 18  Magomed Magomedkerimov WW 21.39  11-3-0 Prof  --last rated win -16 months.
18 19  Sean Brady WW 20.77  5-0-0 UFC •3/06 vs. #48 Jake Matthews
19 20  Ben Askren WW 20.36  15-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -23 months.
20 21  Neiman Gracie WW 20.02  4-1-0 Bell  
22 22  Muslim Salikhov WW 19.92  6-1-0 UFC  
23 23  Neil Magny WW 19.69  16-8-0 UFC  
25 24  Santiago Ponzinibbio WW 18.94  9-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -27 months.
24 25  Tyron Woodley WW 18.92  16-6-1 UFC •3/27 vs. #14 Vicente Luque

 

Lightweight - 155 lb. limit

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Khabib Nurmagomedov LW 91.49  15-0-0 UFC
2 2  Dustin Poirier LW 56.36  22-6-0 UFC  
3 3  Charles Oliveira LW 43.70  21-8-0 UFC  
4 4  Justin Gaethje LW 39.19  16-3-0 UFC  
15 5  Beneil Dariush LW 33.04  15-4-1 UFC  Beat #5 Diego Ferreira
6 6  Michael Chandler LW 30.22  18-5-0 UFC  
7 7  Natan Schulte LW 29.13  10-1-1 Prof  --last rated win -14 months.
8 8  Tony Ferguson LW 28.95  18-3-0 UFC  --last rated win -20 months.
9 9  Tofiq Musayev LW 28.39  8-1-0 Rizi  --last rated win -14 months.
10 10  Eddie Alvarez LW 26.73  26-7-0 One  --last rated win -18 months.
12 11  Timofey Nastyukhin LW 26.65  6-3-0 One  
11 12  Conor McGregor LW 26.49  14-3-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
13 13  Christian Lee LW 26.16  8-2-0 One  
14 14  Guram Kutateladze LW 24.28  6-0-0 UFC  
16 15  Islam Makhachev LW 23.48  10-1-0 UFC •3/06 vs. #23 Drew Dober
17 16  Artem Reznikov LW 23.11  5-0-0 ACA  
5 17  Diego Ferreira LW 22.31  12-3-0 UFC  Lost to #15 Beneil Dariush
18 18  Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov LW 21.64  8-1-0 ACA  
20 19  Leonardo Santos LW 21.19  9-0-1 UFC •3/20 vs. #39 Grant Dawson
19 20  Mansour Barnaoui LW 21.19  12-4-0 Road  --last rated win -21 months.
21 21  Shinya Aoki LW 20.85  40-9-0 One  
22 22  Islam Mamedov LW 20.81  8-0-1 ADW  
23 23  Drew Dober LW 20.60  17-9-0 UFC •3/06 vs. #15 Islam Makhachev
24 24  Mateusz Gamrot LW 19.84  11-1-0 UFC  
25 25  Eduard Vartanyan LW 19.69  12-3-0 ACA  

 

Featherweight - 145 lb. limit

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Alexander Volkanovski FW 58.92  14-0-0 UFC
•3/27 vs. #8 Brian Ortega
[To retain FW title]
2 2  Patricio Freire FW 49.08  18-4-0 Bell  
3 3  Lance Palmer FW 35.41  18-3-0 Prof  --last rated win -14 months.
4 4  A.J. McKee FW 31.07  11-0-0 Bell  
5 5  Max Holloway FW 28.85  20-6-0 UFC  
6 6  Zabit Magomedsharipov FW 28.41  9-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -15 months.
7 7  Thanh Le FW 26.22  10-1-0 One  
8 8  Brian Ortega FW 24.87  8-1-0 UFC •3/27 vs. #1 Alexander Volkanovski
9 9  Movsar Evloev FW 24.31  9-0-0 UFC  
10 10  Josh Emmett FW 23.85  10-2-0 UFC  
11 11  Emmanuel Sanchez FW 23.24  14-3-0 Bell  
12 12  Bryce Mitchell FW 22.06  8-0-0 UFC  
14 13  Felipe Froes FW 21.47  6-2-0 ACA •3/26 vs. #33 Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
13 14  Isao Kobayashi FW 21.39  22-5-2 Panc  --last rated win -16 months.
15 15  Sodiq Yusuff FW 19.69  5-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
16 16  Tetsuya Seki FW 19.48  12-5-1 Rizi •3/21 vs. #96 Yoshinori Horie
17 17  Yutaka Saito FW 18.95  12-3-2 Rizi  
18 18  Dan Ige FW 18.67  6-1-0 UFC •3/13 vs. #32 Gavin Tucker
19 19  Arnold Allen FW 18.39  8-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
20 20  Hakeem Dawodu FW 18.38  8-1-1 UFC  
21 21  Garry Tonon FW 18.36  2-0-0 One  
22 22  Ryoji Kudo FW 17.96  7-1-1 Shoo  
23 23  Movlid Khaybulaev FW 17.36  4-0-1 ADW  --last rated win -19 months.
24 24  Apti Bimarzaev FW 17.25  4-0-0 ACA •3/26 vs. #120 Tural Ragimov
26 25  Calvin Kattar FW 17.17  12-4-0 UFC  

 

Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Henry Cejudo BW 58.16  10-2-0 UFC
2 2  Bibiano Fernandes BW 46.71  21-2-0 One  --last rated win -16 months.
3 3  Kyoji Horiguchi BW 40.37  27-3-0 Rizi  
4 4  Aljamain Sterling BW 39.70  13-3-0 UFC •3/06 vs. #6 Petr Yan
6 5  Cory Sandhagen BW 29.76  7-2-0 UFC  Beat #37 Frankie Edgar
5 6  Petr Yan BW 28.16  9-0-0 UFC •3/06 vs. #4 Aljamain Sterling
8 7  Kai Asakura BW 23.58  11-3-0 Rizi  
9 8  Ryo Okada BW 22.59  11-3-3 Shoo •3/20 vs. #14 Takafumi Otsuka
10 9  Raoni Barcelos BW 22.51  8-1-0 UFC  
11 10  Rob Font BW 22.31  10-3-0 UFC  
55 11  Fabricio Andrade BW 22.08  2-0-0 One  Beat #7 Shoko Sato
12 12  Hiromasa Ougikubo BW 21.79  17-5-1 Rizi  
13 13  Merab Dvalishvili BW 21.43  6-2-0 UFC  
14 14  Takafumi Otsuka BW 21.07  23-14-2 Shoo •3/20 vs. #8 Ryo Okada
15 15  John Lineker BW 20.90  12-3-0 One  
16 16  Juan Archuleta BW 20.28  13-2-0 Bell  
17 17  Denis Lavrentyev BW 20.02  4-1-0 MFP  
19 18  Deivi Daniel Oliveira de Almeida BW 19.01  4-0-0 ACA  
18 19  Stephen Loman BW 18.92  5-0-0 Brav  --last rated win -15 months.
20 20  Yadong Song BW 18.52  3-0-1 UFC •3/06 vs. #33 Kyler Phillips
21 21  Brett Johns BW 18.29  9-2-0 UFC  
7 22  Shoko Sato BW 17.97  18-11-2 One  Lost to #55 Fabricio Andrade
22 23  Victor Henry BW 17.43  13-5-0 MFP  --last rated win -12 months.
23 24  Umar Nurmagomedov BW 17.35  3-0-0 UFC  
24 25  Casey Kenney BW 17.32  10-2-1 UFC •3/06 vs. #100 Dominick Cruz

 

Flyweight - 125 lb. limit

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results;
•March schedule
1 1  Demetrious Johnson FL 38.44  21-3-1 One  --last rated win -16 months.
2 2  Deiveson Figueiredo FL 31.38  10-1-1 UFC  
4 3  Brandon Moreno FL 25.69  7-2-2 UFC  
5 4  T.J. Dillashaw FL 24.71  11-3-0 UFC  --last rated win -30 months.
6 5  Tatsuki Saomoto FL 23.34  14-1-0 Rizi  
37 6  Alexandre Pantoja FL 23.24  7-3-0 UFC  Beat #3 Manel Kape
7 7  Azamat Kerefov FL 23.17  6-0-0 ACA  
8 8  Joshua Pacio FL 21.18  4-1-0 One  --last rated win -13 months.
9 9  Danny Kingad FL 20.86  6-1-0 One  --last rated win -13 months.
10 10  Yosuke Saruta FL 20.52  16-7-3 Shoo  
11 11  Askar Askarov FL 20.06  7-0-1 UFC •3/06 vs. #27 Joseph Benavidez
3 12  Manel Kape FL 19.84  6-4-0 UFC  Lost to #37 Alexandre Pantoja
13 13  Koha Minowa FL 18.51  6-2-0 One •3/19 vs. #91 Alex 'Little Rock' Silva
12 14  Jarred Brooks FL 18.32  7-2-0 Bell  --last rated win -14 months.
14 15  Shohei Masumizu FL 17.82  11-3-0 Panc  --last rated win -19 months.
15 16  Murad Zeinulabidov FL 16.94  4-0-0 ACA  
16 17  Makoto Takahashi FL 16.76  10-1-1 Rizi  
17 18  Raulian Paiva FL 16.56  2-0-0 UFC  
18 19  Amir Albazi FL 16.32  2-0-0 UFC  
19 20  Kairat Akhmetov FL 15.98  7-2-0 One  
20 21  Adriano Moraes FL 14.99  7-2-0 One  --last rated win -25 months.
21 22  Yuya Wakamatsu FL 14.76  11-3-0 One  
22 23  Azamat Pshukov FL 14.58  2-0-0 ACA  Beat #92 Josiel Silva
23 24  Ryosuke Honda FL 13.85  4-1-0 Deep •3/13 vs. Rui Kato
24 25  Bokang Masunyane FL 13.84  3-0-0 One  

 

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